User manual
Table Of Contents
- Bento® 4
- Welcome to Bento
- Overview of Bento
- Using Libraries
- Using the Address Book Library
- Migrating the iCal, iPhoto, and Address Book Libraries
- Using Collections
- Using Form View
- About Forms
- Creating Records in Form View
- Editing Records in Form View
- Duplicating Records in Form View
- Deleting Records in Form View
- Creating Forms
- Deleting Forms
- Showing and Hiding Forms
- Duplicating Forms
- Copying Forms
- Renaming Forms
- Locking and Unlocking Forms
- Adding Fields to a Form
- Tabbing Between Fields
- Moving Fields and Objects on Forms
- Resizing Fields and Objects
- Removing Fields from a Form
- Customizing Form Layouts
- Using Table View
- About Table View
- Selecting Records in Table View
- Creating Records in Table View
- Editing Records in Table View
- Duplicating Records in Table View
- Deleting Records in Table View
- Sorting Records
- Working with Fields and Columns in Table View
- Creating Fields in Table View
- Adding Fields in Table View
- Working with Media Fields in Table View
- Changing Options for a Field in Table View
- Completing Text Automatically as You Type
- Duplicating Fields
- Changing the Field Type
- Showing and Hiding Columns
- Deleting Fields in Table View
- Reordering Columns
- Resizing Columns
- Filling Fields Automatically
- Summarizing Column Data
- Using Grid View
- Using Fields
- Importing, Exporting, and Printing
- Backing Up and Restoring Information
- Syncing
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Reverting to a Previous Version of Bento
- Index
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Syncing
This chapter describes how to sync Bento for Mac with Bento
for iPhone and Bento for iPad.
Bento for iPhone and Bento for iPad are personal database apps that allow you to
create libraries, collections, records, and fields on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad.
You can sync any two iOS devices with Bento for Mac. For example, you can sync one
iPhone and one iPad, one iPhone and one iPod touch, or two iPads with Bento for Mac.
Bento for Mac syncs one set of libraries across all connected devices.
Although you can have two devices connected to Bento for Mac at the same time, you
sync each device with Bento for Mac one at a time. If you start a sync from a second
device but a sync initiated from the first device is still in progress, the first device’s sync is
not interrupted. The second device’s sync starts after the first device’s sync has finished.
Syncing Information Between Your Mac and Devices
Syncing allows you to share information between your computer and any two iOS
devices. For example, if you add information to a library in Bento for iPad, you can sync
with Bento for Mac to add that information to the library in Bento on your desktop and
Bento for iPhone.
For information about which versions of Bento for Mac, Bento for iPhone, and Bento
for iPad you can sync, see the
FileMaker Knowledge Base.
Note You can’t sync Address Book, iCal Events, and iCal Tasks libraries with Bento 4 for
iPad. You can’t sync the iCal Events library with Bento for iPhone. By default, all other
libraries are synced. For information about migrating the data from Address Book and
iCal libraries, see
”Migrating the iCal, iPhoto, and Address Book Libraries” on page 41.
Connecting Your Device to the Same Wi-Fi Network as Your Computer
Bento for Mac can sync with Bento for iPhone or Bento for iPad when both the desktop
and device applications are open and connected to the same Wi-Fi network, including a
computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network. See Mac Help for information about networks.